Middle East Updates

Developments in the Mideast war and its impact on Asia-Pacific

Israel, Hezbollah escalate blows

Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire on Tuesday while Lebanese and Israeli envoys met in Washington…

DOE: Big-time rollbacks bring fuel prices closer to prewar levels

Local fuel prices are moving “closer” to pre-Middle East crisis levels as retailers implement a…

US, Iran exchange fire as negotiations stall

Tehran, IRAN—The United States and Iran said on Monday they had again traded strikes, straining…

Europe’s green jet fuels see upside in Iran war

Brussels, BELGIUM—At a plant near Frankfurt in Germany, hydrogen and CO2 sourced from a chlorine…

Trump: Iran has agreed to no nuclear weapons

Washington—US President Donald Trump said he had secured guarantees from Iran that it would not…

PSEi tumbles on fading peace hopes

Philippine stocks fell deeper into the red on Thursday as investors turned cautious over the…

US, Iran trade fresh strikes

The United States struck southern Iran on Thursday, drawing retaliation from Tehran against a US…

Sweden halves price of public transit cards over energy crisis

Sweden will cut the price of monthly public transit passes in half to soften the…

Quad nations to work on stable energy, critical minerals

The foreign ministers of Japan, Australia, India, and the United States agreed on Tuesday to…

US strikes Iran anew as talks begin in Qatar

Washington—US forces attacked missile sites in southern Iran and boats trying to lay mines on…